Running-gear



(No Model.)

J. M. BROSIUS RUNNING GEAR. No. 270,382. Patented Jan. 9,1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR'.

I N ATTORNEYS U ITE STATES PATENT JOHN M. BEOSIUS, OF EAST DALLAS, TEXAS.

RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,382, dated January 9, 1883.

Application filed October 21, 1882 (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BROsIUS, of East Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gear for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Fignre l is a perspective view of so much of the running-gear ot' a wagon as embodies my -invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the axle. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same, and Fig. 5 is a detail view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to running-gear for vehicles, and more particularly to that class having adjustable axle-spindles; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the bolster, and B the bound, of a wagon, which may be of any desired shape or construction.

0 is the axle-tree proper, which is made preferably of rolled iron, rolled into a rectangular trough shape, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 4. The middle part of this trough or recess is filled with a piece of wood or metal, I), fitting into it, which trough may be dispensed with or made in one piece with the axle, just leaving two recesses, one in each end ot the axle-tree. In these recesses are fitted the slotted ends E of the spindles F, upon which the wheels turn. The inner end, E, of each of the spindles has two slots, G and H, at right angles to each other, extending in the direction of the axle, through which two bolts, 1 and J, pass. The bolts I, which are inserted through the sides of the axle-tree, are provided with hooks K in one end for the attachment of the draft-chains, while they are held fast by nuts L in the other end. The bolts J are inserted vertically through the bolster, the bounds, and the axle-tree, and on the under side through two re-enforeing straps, M, fastened to the bounds, and under the axle, and are held fast by nuts N.

The object in having the inner ends of the spindles slotted is to make the axle adjustable to the gage of the track.

It is a well known fact that when the tire of a wheel has been reset the wheel will be dished more than it was before, and consequently not track with the other wheelsor fit in the track where it formerly titted. To avoid this I draw the spindles as t'ar'outon the slots as possible when the wheels are new and secure them by the nutted bolts I and J, and, as the tires wear out or get loose a'nd require resetting, I move the spindles in by loosening the nuts on the bolts and tightening them after the spindles are adjusted. in this manner the wheels may he kept at one desired gage of track and may be adj usted in a moment of time.

Having thus described my invention,l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In an adjustable axle, the combination of the squarely grooved or recessed axle-tree U, having central square block, D, the spindles F, having inner square portions, E, having horizontal slots G and vertical slots H, vertical nutted bolts J, and horizontal nutted bolts I, having hooks K, adapted to have the draftchaius attached to them, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set iorth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto atfixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. BROSIUS.

Witnesses:

R0131. 5. PRICE, S. PETERMAN. 

